Meaning of IMMUNIZATION

Pronunciation:			`imyoonuz'eyshun
WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  the act of making immune (especially by inoculation)
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	Synonyms:		immunisation
	See Also:		inoculation, protection, sensitisation, sensitising, sensitization, sensitizing, vaccination
Medical Dictionary
	Definition:		The creation of an immunity; Introduction of antigens into the body in order to stimulate the development of immunity.
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		A process that increases an organism's reaction to antigen and therefore improves its ability to resist or overcome infection.
Thesaurus Terms
	Related Terms:		acquired immunity, active immunity, antibody, antigen, artificial immunity, congenital immunity, familial immunity, immunity, immunity theory, immunization therapy, immunochemistry, immunology, immunotherapy, inherent immunity, inherited immunity, natural immunity, nonspecific immunity, nonsusceptibility to disease, opsonic immunity, passive immunity, patch test, phagocytic immunity, racial immunity, resistance, scratch test, serotherapeutics, serotherapy, serum therapy, side-chain theory, specific immunity, toxin-antitoxin immunity, toxin-antitoxin immunization, tuberculin test, vaccine therapy, vaccinotherapy